The Town of Lyme is looking to fill a 14 hour-a-week part-time position of Library Assistant. The position also includes 1 Saturday per month for 6 hours. The position salary is $18.12 per hour with the starting date of Tuesday August 5th.
Qualifications: College graduate and/or LTA coursework or certificate preferred. Knowledge and understanding of basic principles of library organization, procedures, and tools. Computer, Internet experience and excellent customer service skills required. Must be able to work effectively with others and maintain working relationships with users and staff, and to work independently when required.
General responsibilities include: Opening and closing routines. Circulation duties, including patron registration, reserves, shelving, interlibrary loan. Reader’s advisory, reference and copy cataloging. Assisting patrons with computer help and digital resources. Clerical duties including Office software skills or equivalent, preparation of basic program advertising, including signage, flyers, monitoring and responding to electronic communications from patrons. Posting social media updates at the discretion of the Director. Technical service duties include preparing new material for circulation, updating/correcting cataloging for older materials, updating and correcting new online catalog records. Working knowledge of Sierra and PIKA preferred but not required. Working knowledge of Canva, Publisher or PowerPoint for creating advertising library events. Preparing and maintaining interlibrary loans and their corresponding records. Tracing overdue materials and resultant record keeping. Assist in weeding/inventory (per Director). Assist in library program (per Director). Attendance at continuing education workshops or webinars when deemed appropriate by the Director. Other duties as assigned by the Library Director.
If you are interested in applying email Melissa Fournier, Lyme Library Director at mfournier@lymepl.org, subject: "Library Assistant Position Application." Or mail in your application to Lyme Public Library, 482 Hamburg Rd, Lyme CT 06371, Attention Library Director. Please include a copy of your resume and the names of 3 references. Job posting closes on July 30th @ 8:00pm.
